Held in Berlin, Germany, the 2013 European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) saw delegates benefit from the perspectives of European and international training and simulation experts. Conference Chair and CAT Editor-in-Chief Chris Lehman filed this report. The theme of EATS 2013 was “Enhancing Flight Crew Training,” and for the first time,...

Symbiotics Ltd. have won a contract with Qatar Airways to deliver a comprehensive aircrew selection programme. Symbiotics will carry out selection processes based on its ADAPT Pilot Assessment and Screening Tool – a blended assessment that looks at skills and the impact of behaviour, culture, personality and technology currently used...

TAG Global Training, TAG Aviation Europe's professional crew training division, has taken delivery of a new purpose-built fire and smoke training rig at its aviation training centre based at TAG Farnborough Airport. The fuselage-shaped unit was designed by Minerva Simulation Facilities to TAG Global Training's specifications with a representative business...

Indonesia's state-run carrier, PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines has chosen merlot.aero to deliver all aspects of their airline resource planning and control to ensure a safe and efficient crew and operational environment. merlot.aero's cloud-based airline operation technology will enable Merpati to manage day-to-day aircraft and crew utilisation as well as control...

Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA) and Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) are to deliver aviation training services for Bahrain Airport Company and its personnel. GAA will be provide a wide range of specialised and accredited training services including International Air Transport Association (IATA) Airport Operations, dangerous goods, first aid, safety management system,...

PrivatAir has signed a contract with Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) that will encompass training SPA's existing cabin crew as well as coaching in specific areas of on-board service. The first group of SPA's 20 cabin crew are scheduled to commence their VVIP service training with PrivatAir in early April 2013,...

International Flight Training Center (IFTC) has begun construction on the flight training industry's first 'self-supporting' cabin trainer facility in Antalya, Turkey. A modular building will house a Boeing 737 cabin trainer and will be powered by solar energy. It will feature LED lighting and environmentally friendly cooling and heating systems.

Qatar Airways has turned to Baltic Aviation Academy for the recruitment of new cabin crew members from Baltic states. The initial assessment, gathering participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, during which 100 finalists will be selected, was conducted in February, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The one hundred selected candidates will...

EDM is to introduce their new Safety and Emergency Procedure Training Reality Engine (SEPTRE) at WATS 2013. SEPTRE has been designed for use on either fixed or motion based cabin emergency evacuation trainers (CEET's) and is already in service with a significant number of Chinese airlines including Air China, Xiamen...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has teamed with Antipodean Aviation of Australia to offer survival training in emergency water landings for both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The course covers pre-flight planning and emergency water landing techniques, as well as escape from a submerged aircraft cabin and sea survival techniques, including life preserver...